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Curaçao
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curacao Curacao curaçao curação
English
Alternative forms
en Curacao
Etymology
en nl Curaçao, from en es Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/ UK,US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Curaçao.wav Southern England
en /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/ US
Proper noun
en Q25279en An <<island>> and <<constituent country>> of the Kingdom of the <<c/Netherlands>> in the southern part of the <<r/Caribbean>> Sea off the northern coast of Venezuela.
Derived terms
en Curaçaoan
Related terms
en curaçao
Translations
Dutch island in the Caribbean
Afrikaans: af Curaçao
Albanian: sq Curaçao
Antillean Creole: gcf Kiwaso m
Arabic: ar كُورَاسَاوْ
Armenian: hy Կյուրասաո
Azerbaijani: az Kürasao
Basque: eu Curaçao
Belarusian: be Кюрасаа
Bengali: bn কুরাসাও
Bulgarian: bg Кюрасао
Burmese: my ကူရာဆောနိုင်ငံ
Catalan: ca Curaçao
Cherokee: chr ᎫᎳᎨᎣ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 庫拉索
Corsican: co Curaçao m
Czech: cs Curaçao n
Danish: da Curaçao
Dutch: nl Curaçao n
Esperanto: eo Kuracao
Estonian: et Curaçao
Finnish: fi Curaçao
French: fr Curaçao m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Kurasau n
Georgian: ka კიურასაო
German: de Curaçao n
Greek: el Κουρασάο n
Haitian Creole: ht Kiraso m
Hebrew: he קוראסאו korasou
Hindi: hi कुरासाओ m
Hungarian: hu Curaçao
Indonesian: id Curaçao
Italian: it Curaçao m
Japanese: ja キュラソー Kyurasō, ja クラサオ Kurasao
Kazakh: kk Кюрасао
Khmer: km គូរ៉ាសៅ
Korean: ko ^퀴라소, ko ^꾸라싸오 North Korea
Latin: la Cūrātiō f, la īnsula Cūrātiōnis f, la Cucensis f insula Curacensis New Latin, la Curatius m New Latin
Latvian: lv Kirasao
Lithuanian: lt Kiurasão m
Macedonian: mk Курасао
Malay: ms Curaçao
Malayalam: ml ക്യുറസാവോ
Marathi: mr कुरासाओ
Norwegian: no Curaçao
Occitan: oc Curaçao m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Курасао
Papiamentu: pap Corsou, pap Kòrsou
Persian: fa کوراسائو kewrasa'ew
Polish: pl Curaçao n
Portuguese: pt Curaçau m, pt Curação m
Romanian: ro Curaçao
Russian: ru Кюраса́о m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Курасао
Latin: sh Kurasao
Sinhalese: si කුරසාඕ
Slovak: sk Curaçao
Slovene: sl Kurasav
Spanish: es Curazao m, es Curasao m
Sranan Tongo: srn Korsow
Swahili: sw Korsou
Swedish: sv Curaçao
Tagalog: tl Curaçao
Tamil: ta கோர்சாவ்
Thai: th กือราเซา
Turkish: tr Curaçao
Ukrainian: uk Кюраса́о m
Urdu: ur کیوراساؤ
Uzbek: uz Kyurasao
Vietnamese: vi Curaçao
Volapük: vo Küraseän
Welsh: cy Curaçao
Yiddish: yi קוראַסאַאָ
Anagrams
en aaccoru curacoa curaçoa
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs nl Curaçao, from cs es Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym.
Pronunciation
kiraso
cs aso 3
cs Cu ra çao
Proper noun
n curaçaoský
cs Curaçao Q25279
Declension
n.sg
Further reading
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
nl :bor es:Curazao<alt:Curaçao>
From nl es Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym. but sometimes folk-etymologized as derived from nl pt ilha Ilha pt da pt Curação Isle of Healing from pt curação cure, healing in reference to the island's use as a place of recovery for sailors sick with scurvy and other ailments or from modification of pt coração heart in reference to its supposed importance in local trade.
Pronunciation
nl /kyːraːˈsɑu̯/ /kuːraːˈsɑu̯/
nl Nl-Curaçao.ogg
nl Cu ra çao
Proper noun
n
nl Curaçao Q25279
Derived terms
nl ABC-eilanden curaçao
French
fr:
Etymology
From fr nl Curaçao, from fr es Curaçao, from fr pt Curação, probably as a transcription of a fr arw - endonym.
Pronunciation
Curaço
fr curaçao
Proper noun
m
fr Curaçao Q25279
Derived terms
fr corossol curaçao
German
de:
Etymology
de nl Curaçao, from de es Curaçao, from de pt Curação, probably as a transcription of a de arw - endonym.
Pronunciation
de /ky.raˈsaʊ̯/ /ky.raˈsaː.o/
de De-Curaçao.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Curaçao Q25279
Noun
m,(s),(s)
curaçao liqueur
Italian
Etymology
it nl Curaçao.
Pronunciation
curassào,curassòu,curacào<qual:proscribed>
Proper noun
m #
it Curaçao Q25279
Papiamentu
Etymology
pap nl Curaçao, from pap es Curaçao, from pap pt Curação, probably as a transcription of a pap arw - endonym. pap Kòrsou.
Proper noun
pap proper noun
pap Kòrsou: pap Curaçao Q25279
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl nl Curaçao, from pl pt curação.
Pronunciation
kiurasao Cu.ra.ça.o
Proper noun
n 1
pl Curaçao Q25279
Related terms
pl noun curaçao
Further reading
Spanish
Proper noun
m
es Curazao